AKEMI AvantGarde TENCEL® - The Botanical Way of Life

by Fred Victor

In the world of fabric, TENCEL® is well-known of its drape. Simply, TENCEL® fabric is extremely luxurious soft, smooth and fine. It's the new age fibre which represents a milestone in the development of environmentally sustainable textile.

TENCEL® is made from cellulose of wood pulp. The fibres are completely natural. It's botanical because it's made of natural wood pulp cellulose. In short, TENCEL® is produced throughout an extremely eco-friendly production process, hence, it's fully biodegradable.

So, why AKEMI TENCEL®?

Fibrils are the key to the performance and possibilities of TENCEL®.

Fibrils are tiny components (little "hairs") which make up the fibre. TENCEL® is the unique structure of the fibrils, allows the production of textiles which, until now, could only be dreamed of. This is the first cellulose fibre whose functionality is based on this innovative structure. The controlled and regular arrangement of these tiny fibrils leads to new functional properties. The fibrils are hydrophilic and optimize the absorption of moisture with excellent cooling properties.

In short, TENCEL® fabric has its natural cooling properties. With its outstanding moisture management, TENCEL® absorbs excess liquid and quickly releases it again into the atmosphere.It inhibits bacteria growth effectively due to its moisture management capabilities, thus wearing a bedding made of AKEMI TENCEL® significantly improves health, comfort and promotes the feeling of well-being.

To find out AKEMI TENCEL® bedding products, you're invited to visit AkemiUchi stores, and major departmental stores throughout Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.

Have an eco-healthy night's sleep ;-)

Tips to Colour Your Home

In a world where thousands of colours can be chosen from, choosing colour (whether paint or colour of your home furnishings) for each segment of your home should be a fun; however, you should seriously consider every colour and its association before putting on as colour affect moods and emotions for those who stay in the space that you have created.

Colour brings life into every inch of your house. For instance, it can warm (yellow colour) or cool (white colour), calm (blue colour) or excite (red colour) you. What’s more, cleverly use of colour can make your small bedroom looks bigger, why not?

Begin at the Beginning

Determine what features or existing finishes in the room you would consider permanent. Consider the wardrobes, for example, if the wood of your bedroom wardrobes has a red undertone, make sure the paint or decoration colour you choose works well with that hue.

Determine the Colour Scheme

Consider the proportions of different colour that you wish to use carefully. One colour should always dominate a colour scheme. A scheme that always works well is to have two thirds of the room done in one colour and the other third in another colour. You should avoid using two colours of the same strength and intensity.

Emphasize or Minimize

Colour of your paint or furnishings can emphasize certain features while minimizing others. A long narrow room will look wider if you use a slightly darker colour on the shorter walls and a lighter colour on the longer walls. To give a big room a more intimate feel, decorate the walls in colours that advance toward you, such as red, gold, orange and brown. To help a small room seem larger, paint and also decorate the walls in colours that make them appear to recede, such as white, blue or violet colour.

Common Colour and its Associations

Red

Love, life, power, heat, roses, strength, sex, cherries, blood, Christmas, danger, excitement

Blue

Sky, freshness, sea, intelligence, birds, heaven, jeans, cold, mountains, ducks

Yellow

Sunshine, ducklings, brightness, vigour, bananas, gold, canaries, the moon, lemons

Green

Ecology, planet, growth, leaves, wisdom, olives, avocados, cool, calm, sea

Black

Darkness, mysteries, winter, discipline, negatives, crows, patent-leather, seals

White

Snow, weddings, holiness, brilliance, light, piano keys, daisies, kittens

Gold

Wealth, honour, glamour, marriage, jewelries, good-luck, sun, luxury

Pink

Girly, passion, feminine, strawberries, piglets, flowers, clouds, lipstick, celebrations

Purple

Luxury, passion, grapes, heather, sexy, feminine, crown chakra, mourning, imagination, psychics

Brown

Wood, timber, dogs, earth, comfort, nuts, chocolate, velvet, coffee, horses